Children of boom and recession and the scars to the mental health – a comparative study on the long term effects of youth unemployment

摘要

BackgroundEarlier research shows that there is an association between unemployment and poor mental health, and that recovery from the damages to mental health obtained during unemployment remains incomplete over a long period of time. The present study relates this ‘mental health scarring’ to the trade cycle, exploring if those exposed to youth unemployment during boom differ from those exposed during recession with respect to mental health in the middle age.